Last weekend, our first couple of days of spring break, we fixed up the playhouse! We cleaned, swept and knocked…
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The Spring Time Hunt for Queen Anne’s Lace
(Photo of Queen Anne’s lace full of seeds at summer’s end in September). Back last summer we had a time…
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Simple Sunflowers: Heart of the Matter
Join me at Heart of the Matter today? You’ve probably heard plenty about planting sunflowers. You may even agree they…
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U is for Umbrella
In honor of spring break, Hodgepodgedad under the beach umbrella… My entry in the Homeschool Post’s A B See Photo…
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Balancing the Needs of the Age Range
Today we started Spring Break early because Hodgepodgedad took the day off! So this weekly wrap is posted a bit…
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Nuthatch Nest
A long time ago we bought a screech owl/kestrel bird house. And some nuthatches have nested in it! One of…
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At The Beach: A Pastels Tutorial
Are you dreaming of the beach? Warm sun on your back. Toes in the sand. Well, you can bring the…
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Q is for Quiet Path
Back last June, on our anniversary weekend, my husband and I took a walk down this quiet path. The weekend…
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Homeschool Highlights
Children played the piano, violin, guitar. They danced, they sang, they performed. One did a back flip – twice! Tables…
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Homeschool Expo, Science Fair, Talent Show
So, for weeks I’ve been talking about how we have been aiming for Homeschool Expo. How our days are just…
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The Habit of Moral Living – Part II
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but…
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Signs of Spring and a Spring Visitor
“The birds are singing!” ~ five-year-old “The grass is turning green.” ~ 11-year-old “I get to stay outside later because…
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J is for Jellyfish
Thinking of the beach again… This one taken late August of 2008. The year of all those Gulf hurricanes. The…
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